All 12 Uses of
melancholy
in
Emma
- It was a melancholy change; and Emma could not but sigh over it, and wish for impossible things, till her father awoke, and made it necessary to be cheerful.†
Chpt 1.1-2 *
- They had not been long seated and composed when Mr. Woodhouse, with a melancholy shake of the head and a sigh, called his daughter's attention to the sad change at Hartfield since she had been there last.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- Papa, if you speak in that melancholy way, you will be giving Isabella a false idea of us all.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- Fairfax of the ------_ regiment of infantry, and Miss Jane Bates, had had its day of fame and pleasure, hope and interest; but nothing now remained of it, save the melancholy remembrance of him dying in action abroad—of his widow sinking under consumption and grief soon afterwards—and this girl.†
Chpt 2.1-2
- The quietness of the game made it particularly eligible for Mr. Woodhouse, who had often been distressed by the more animated sort, which Mr. Weston had occasionally introduced, and who now sat happily occupied in lamenting, with tender melancholy, over the departure of the "poor little boys," or in fondly pointing out, as he took up any stray letter near him, how beautifully Emma had written it.†
Chpt 3.5-6
- It might be weeks, it might be only a few days, before the horse were useable; but no preparations could be ventured on, and it was all melancholy stagnation.†
Chpt 3.5-6
- The evening of this day was very long, and melancholy, at Hartfield.†
Chpt 3.11-12
- It reminded her of their first forlorn tete-a-tete, on the evening of Mrs. Weston's wedding-day; but Mr. Knightley had walked in then, soon after tea, and dissipated every melancholy fancy.†
Chpt 3.11-12
- CHAPTER XIII The weather continued much the same all the following morning; and the same loneliness, and the same melancholy, seemed to reign at Hartfield—but in the afternoon it cleared; the wind changed into a softer quarter; the clouds were carried off; the sun appeared; it was summer again.†
Chpt 3.13-14
- — Such a partner in all those duties and cares to which time must be giving increase of melancholy!†
Chpt 3.15-16
- She must not make it a more decided subject of misery to him, by a melancholy tone herself.†
Chpt 3.17-18
- Emma hung about him affectionately, and smiled, and said it must be so; and that he must not class her with Isabella and Mrs. Weston, whose marriages taking them from Hartfield, had, indeed, made a melancholy change: but she was not going from Hartfield; she should be always there; she was introducing no change in their numbers or their comforts but for the better; and she was very sure that he would be a great deal the happier for having Mr. Knightley always at hand, when he were once…†
Chpt 3.17-18
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad